Tether



(No Model.)

J. D. WILSON. Y

TBTHBR.

No. 340,649. Patented Apr. 2'7, 1886-.

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JOHN D. \VILSON, OF GREENLEAF, KANSAS."

TETHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,649, dated April 27, 1886.

Application filed December 4l 1925.5. Serial No. 184,743. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN D. VVTLsoN, a eili- Zen of the United States, residing at Greenleaf, in the county of Vashington and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tethers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to tethers; and iteonsists of the peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an improved tether for conlining domestic animals within certain limits, while at the same ltime they are allowed to move and `feed freely within the tether.

A further object of my invention is to provide means for catching and retaining the animal or animals when it or they attempt to escape; to provide an improved anchor or hopple which shall not injure the animal to which the hopple is attached when it attempts to escape or while feeding, and, further, to provide means which shall be very simple, strong, and durable in construction, and thoroughly effective for the purpose designed.

1'11 the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view showing the manner of applying and using the device. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail Views of the corner-post bracket or plate. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the casting for the intermediate posts, and Fig. 5 is a detailview of the animal hopple or anchor.

Referring to the drawings, in which'likeletters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, A designates the cornerposts of the inclosure; ]3,the intermediate posts, and C C the wires passed through guide-plates therefor, secured to the said corner and intermediate posts, and having their ends secured to stakes CZ, arranged at proper distances from the corner -post, as clearly shown in Fig. l of the drawings.

D designates the guide-plates or castings, having sockets for the crossing wires of the inclosure and securedv to the corner-posts A thereof. This corner-post guide plate or casting D is preferably made triangular in form, and projecting outwardly from the post A ou the inner side of the inclosure, and said plate has depending slotted lugs d at two of its angles or corners, and the other angle or corner is perforated, as at d, for the passage of screws ork bolts to secu re the device to the eorner-post. The wires C C passthrough theslotted flanges of the plate or casting at right angles to each other, and are held therein, and saidwires are secured at their ends to the exterior stakes, C2.

E designates the guide or casting for the intermediate posts, B, which comprises two right-angled arms, e c', to be secured to the upper angle of said posts by means of screws or bolts, and having an inwardlyprojecting arm, e, having an eye or opening, e3, through which passes one of the wires of theinclosu re.

F designates the hopple or anchor, which consists of a plank or weight, f, a casting, F', secured thereto, a rod,]?, journaled at one end in the casting, and a chain, rope, or other llexible connection between an eye of the said rod and the fore leg or thehead of theauimal. The casting F has two perforated lugs, g g', arranged at its end and near the middle, on one surface thereof, and on its other l'aceithas a projecting lug, l1, which fits against the weightf. The casting F is bent at its middle, so as to have one end thereof project beyond the weight at an angle thereto, and said casting is secured to the weight by a screw or bolt. One end of the rodf has an 'enlarged head, which bears against the lug y' of the casting, and the other end of said rod has an eye to which the chain is connected.

It will be observed that when an animal has leaped over one of the wires C C of the inelosure, the weightf of the hopper or anchor will catch on the wire and prevent it-s further escape, and if the animal attempts to drag the weight lengthwise of the wire the inwardlyprojecting brackets, guides, or castings D E will prevent the said weight from coming in contact with the posts A B and injuring the same.

Having thus fully described my invention,

the guides and castings, substantially as de- 1o scribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, JOHN D. XVILSON.

Vitnesses:

B. T. MUDGETT, J. B. QUEEN. 

